Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-02
MILK. CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, March 1, 1887.
SENATE.

\ AohlNtlON, NldICu 1, 1901.
senate.
Wide the journal Of yesterday was
bong read Mr.. Edmunds had three
occasions for proving that he was still
determined 10 "insist on the regular
and orderly transaction of business,
and lot TO yield to any effort to hurTyup
the proceedings At first Mr.. Cameron
NOV, Il to dispense with the reading of
H.. Journal. and then Mr.. Hale asked
leave to interrupt the reading in order
b. have the naval appropriation bill re-
f,rr to the Committee on Appropria-
tons. and again Mr. Sherman moved to
disy,nse with the further reading of
the journal, to all Of which PROPOSE
tiDns Mr.. Edmunds objected and so
The reading of the Journal was pro
coded with, occupying twenty minutes
time.
pr. Hoar from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, reported back
tie credentials of Senators StOckbridge,
OF Michigan. and Iurpie, of Indiana,
Oo-,thcr with the protest OF the Repub
hc.u members of the two houses of the
m..ua Legislature in the latter case1
ami moved that they be Med and the
committee discharged from their fur
thor consideration. So ordered. Also
ar,.omuon authorizing the committee
10 So during recess and continue an in
v,.t-.tun heretofore ordered into the
al.,-,d talIot-boX outrage in Texas.
Ecnusd to the Committee on COntin-
gGi iNuerscs.
1L,uaNal appropriation bill was read
r,,oud time and referred to the Com
mir,c ou appropriations.
lAc resolution offered yesterday by
NJ sherman for "a daily meeting at ii
4. NJ. WAS adopted
llr Senate then proceeded to the
cons armtion of the pension bills on
thcc.!.udr. al the pension bills on
The calendar Uiity-seven III number)
WEI. passed, the time occupied being
just twenty-five minutes.
1le bills ON the calendar to remove
tho ,harprof dcscrtion were then taken
up. and all Of them seventeen III num-
bor r,re passed, reading of reports be-
Ing called for in only one case, and all
bua. disposed OF in less than twenty
milH.os
DR. Hale, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the naval
appropriation bill with amendments,
which was ordered to be printed and
placed on the calendar.
4 conference was ordered on the
consular and diplomatic bills, and Sen
ator, Allison Hale. and Beck were APP
pointed couferrces on the part OF the
SCI tc.
Jle conference report on the river
autheTlor hill was presented by Mr.
Ncli.iin and explained
The lill as It came from the House
originally appropriated, he SAID,
ST., eco As it passed the Senate 1t
appropriated 210,G20,0O0. As now re-
ported from the conference committee
1t appropriated S9,9l3,S00. The de-
tail, Of the changes were set out IN the
paper. which he sent to the Clerks
dc.f and had read.
Nr Idmunds moved 20 postpone ITS
further consideration until tomorrow,
m order that DC might have time TO ex-
anime one or two items which had at
uas.Dd his notice.
The motion was lost--yeas, 6; nays,
g.
Tie reading OF the bill was then
commenced 1t was interrupted by the
following proceedings:
SIR. Plat inquired of Mr.. Hoar the
meaning aud effect of the report made
TINS morning from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections in the case OF
Senator-elect Iurpie, of Indiana
Mr.. Roar replied that under the
general rule Of the Senate the functions
Of Tat committee expired with this
CONGRESS, and all its papers are returned
10 the Senate aud placed on file. III
TIE credentials of Mr.. Turpie had been
retained by the committee without ac-
ton until noon Of the 18th of March, the
thing (undcr the operation of that gen.
eIal rule) would have then happened
which had happened this morning, that
If, tie papers would have gone ON the
files Of the Senate and the committee
would have been discharged from their
further consideration. The only alter
naive 10 that course would have been
an assumption by the committee or by
the, senate at the present session 70
dead with the credentials Of the gentle
man Slaiming 20 be senator-elect before
The inc had arrived for the beginning
Of III trm and before he had presented
himjelf The Senate was continuing
bodl, and il was therefore possible that
it night be within its power 70 deter